Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson will tour Hanford Reach by boat
Saturday (April 3) and make an announcement concerning future management
of the Reach.
The Seattle Times reported Tuesday that Richardson will announce that
management of the Wahluke Slope will be transferred from Washington State
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A USFWS spokesperson Thursday would not confirm the report.
The 90,000-acre Wahluke Slope, which includes bluffs along the Hanford
Reach, has …